California’s Senate President Pro tem Kevin De León announced yesterday Dec. 5, 2014 that he will propose legislation next month to require the state’s public pension funds, including CALPERS and CALSTRS, to begin to divest completely out of coal. He made the announcement at Tom Steyer’s Next Generation climate conference […]
Climate change and clean energy laws in California are not only helping the environment, but also providing jobs to people in need. That’s according to The Greenlining Institute in Berkeley. Bruce Mirken, with the institute, says state law requires a quarter of the cash raised by carbon-permit sales in California’s […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — The head of California’s Senate plans to introduce legislation to require the state’s public pension funds to get rid of their investments in coal equities. State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D) said yesterday that he would introduce a bill next month targeting the state’s […]
Last week, I wrote about the history of environmental racism that has afflicted Oakland as well as communities of color and low-income communities across the state. Today, I want to introduce you to part of the solution. His name is Denny Sysaknoi, and at age 16 he was headed for […]
